Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )

[geise]

The latest market report...

lol! LOL! LOL!

[toymachine78]

The latest market report...

lol! LOL! LOL!

Pulled straight from the WSJ LOL

[Mathius]

I bought something on eBay on Dec 11th. Today I received a notification that it had been received by the Global Shipping Program shipping center. Soon the iten I bought 11 days ago will be sent to me from the U.S., instead of the U.S. seller sending it direct to me. For this privelage I was charged double the price of usps shipping, will still have to pay any "customs" fees and it will likely arrive in a smaller, less insulated box.

The struggle is real, man. Global Shipping program is just terrible. The people behind it think that the great benefit is that there are never any fees at the door for delivery, but that's never been the problem for any buyer - it's paying EXTRA fees that people dislike, and the GSP makes those import fees mandatory every time, even when 90% of the time Canada Post never charges customs fees for old games anyway. The other kicker is paying more for shipping because it effectively had to be shipped twice. I don't understand why this program doesn't just generate a label for the seller and handle it that way. The issues for most sellers who are reluctant to ship out of country is that they don't know how to do the paperwork; just make it easy on sellers with a customs label and everybody would win. Now, as you said, the package simply just gets sent to the US distribution center and then te packed in worse packaging and sent your way for an even longer delay. Terrible business model for the consumer.

People should petition them to make changes. Or call them out publicly.

[Gypsy]

As long as Ebay is making money off of it and people are buying listings through it then nothing will change.

[Black Tiger]

If eBay doesn't already own the GSP, then they're just waiting for it to gain enough traction before bringing it into the fold.

[Lost Monkey]

If eBay doesn't already own the GSP, then they're just waiting for it to gain enough traction before bringing it into the fold.

It is even bigger than eBay.  It is Pitney-Bowes.   We all need to communicate to sellers that we won't be back.  Let eBay know too. I made the mistake once. But I won't again.

[wilykat]

The only benefit GSP has is to seller, they are covered if the package are lost or damaged. Seller loses nothing but IMO it's just for the lazy seller who doesn't give a f*ck if a rare MISB Cotton arrives intact or if the idiot drones ripped the box open and shipped just the game to save money.

[NightWolve]

What's the back story on this energy drink anyway?   Was it something Tobias had made somehow to go along with the PCE bootlegs?  Or what?

Nah, they're real, just something he found and added to "sweeten" the deal. My friend has some for Megaman. As others have said, I wouldn't trust to ever drink 'em. Just let 'em sit purty on your shelf.

The latest market report...

lol! LOL! LOL!

tool AKA stool. The Stool Report: It's oddly colored and it stinks... Not a good sign...

[johnnykonami]

What's the back story on this energy drink anyway?   Was it something Tobias had made somehow to go along with the PCE bootlegs?  Or what?

Nah, they're real, just something he found and added to "sweeten" the deal. My friend has some for Megaman. As others have said, I wouldn't trust to ever drink 'em. Just let 'em sit purty on your shelf.

I don't think I'd dare drink an energy drink from 1993 anyway!  Not even one from yesterday, either, really.  Weird how some of this stuff exists.

[MNKyDeth]

I really don't know if there were "energy drinks" in the late 80's early 90's, let alone the late 90's.

I am pretty sure "energy drinks" only started coming about in the early 2000 era and didn't take off until around 2006-2007'ish with Red Bull.

I know I know, waaaay of topic, but ....

[johnnykonami]

I didn't really think about it, but I think late 90's is probably close.  I did at one point in my life indulge in some Red Bull, and I remember one called Kick-Ass, also.  I specifically remember getting that one from Sheetz on a particularly drunken evening I'm estimating happened about ~15 years ago.  So I would buy 2000-2001.  Not sure what the date on the Drac X one is, but I guess it probably showed up many years after the actual release of the game.  I gave that shit up long before Monster or Rockstar were even a thing, and I'm almost buying the plot of iZombie as an actual possibilty.  God knows what toxic stuff is in those things.

[NightWolve]

Yeah, they're recent products, they're not THAT old.

[esteban]

Dracula X NRG drinks are white label ZIMA + Tobias' commissioned graphic design slapped on the can.

Printed circa 2014-2105.

Old ZIMA stock circa 1998.

[johnnykonami]

Dracula X NRG drinks are white label ZIMA + Tobias' commissioned graphic design slapped on the can.

Printed circa 2014-2105.

Old ZIMA stock circa 1998.

Ah, that's the info I was originally wondering about.

[Sennachereb]

I just wish there were more local options for me to buy here in Maine! I might be the only guy in the state with a working Turbo, and I struggle to find anywhere online that isn't absurdly priced.